“School is the advertising agency which makes you believe that you need the society as it is.” ― Ivan Illich

The absence of male teachers

Les Bleus won the football World Cup this summer, and the French deserve our congratulations. But so too do at least two other countries –

"Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast… It would be so nice if something made sense for a change." Lewis

"Without music, life would be a mistake" ― Friedrich Nietzsche

Amid disagreement as to the credibility of the Mozart effect, does the widespread belief

Leaders and citizens realise that, without the European Union and its unity, we could not face the problems of terrorism, migrants, and refugees. – Federica

'...we have come to realise that for most men (sic) the right to learn is curtailed by the obligation to attend school' – Ivan Illich

'Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted' – Albert Einstein

In recent decades there has been

Photo credit: ©Izabela Urbaniak 2016 

'In the summer, the days were long, stretching into each other. Out of school, everything was on pause and yet

'Don't limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time' –Rabindranath Tagore

There is an often repeated saying

'Without you, without the affectionate hand you extended to the small poor child that I was, without your teaching and example, none of all